IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams increased from 572,029 in the 2019–2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in 2020–2021, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Meanwhile, the researchers found that the most attacked industries are IT, healthcare and manufacturing.

Phishing 98

Phishing Manufacturing Insurance Data breaches 98

Adam Levin

JUNE 30, 2020

Manufacturing giant Honda had its networks brought to a standstill by just such an attack. The numbers point to a nascent blame game, which in turn points to the need for companies large and small to make sure they have cyber insurance–often the only thing between your company and an extinction-level cyber event.

Ransomware 74

Ransomware Insurance Cybersecurity Manufacturing 74

Data Matters

JUNE 11, 2019

While the scope and obligations of the Nevada law is significantly narrower than the CCPA and thus largely will align with current CCPA implementation projects, the new Nevada law does expand upon the CCPA in one particularly notable way—it moves the deadline to facilitate opt-outs of sales of personal information up to October 2019.

Privacy 76

Privacy Sales Insurance Manufacturing 76

Data Protection Report

MAY 17, 2019

On May 16, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing that included S.B. The bill would have made three significant changes to the CCPA: It would have expanded the consumer’s private right of action from only certain security breaches to any violation of the CCPA. 5/16 – hearing upon call of Chair.

Retail 40

Retail Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. million settlement in 2018. Emerging Trends in Breaches.

Risk 40

Risk Compliance Privacy Phishing 40

Data Protection Report

JUNE 6, 2019

On May 29, 2019, Nevada enacted an amendment to its online privacy law, requiring businesses to offer consumers a right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. Exempts from deletion personal information needed to complete insurance transactions. Exempts sharing between motor vehicle dealers & manufacturers.

Sales 40

Sales Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JUNE 3, 2019

Therefore, under Nevada law, it will automatically become effective on October 1, 2019. and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; an entity that is subject to the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; or.

Sales 40

Sales Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. TB Four Hands Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.5 Data breached: 2 PB.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. Find out more. Ransomware.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

We spoke at Black Hat USA 2019. Current attack trends add urgency, and catching up on doing basic security best practices isn’t enough. Eventually, governments will address the risk by beefing up security and purchasing cyber insurance, which go hand in glove. More proactive defense measures are required.

Ransomware 153

Ransomware Government Retail Security 153

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In its 2021 Threat Force Intelligence Index , IBM reported that manufacturing and financial services were the two industries most at risk for attack, making up 23.2% According to FTC findings in 2019, government impostor fraud was the most-reported type of fraud. Take a look at Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2022.

Analytics 113

Analytics Risk Authentication Financial Services 113

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2019 is virtually over and a new year beckons with all the solemnity of the grim reaper for those who don’t have their eyes wide open to the persistent threats we collectively face in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. . There are still voting machines in use that are far from secure, and would not pass the most simple audits.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity IoT Passwords Cloud 40